Line-holder.



No. 872,604. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

. D. ALTMAN & A. SILVERMAN. I

LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9. 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DEWITT ALTMAN' AND ABE SILVERMAN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO MAX JANOFSKY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA.

LINE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9. 1907- Serial No. 382,889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DEWITT ALTMAN and ABE SILVERMAN, subjects of theEmperor of Russia, residing at WVashington, in the District of Columbia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line- Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to line holders, especially intended for clotheslines of that class in which the line is endless, arranged between twoor more pulley supports so that it can be pulled back and forth to hangand remove the clothes.

The invention consists in the parts and combinations thereof hereinafterset forth and claimed.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood we have shown inthe accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practicaleffect, without limiting our improvements, in their useful applications,to the particular construction which, for the sake of example, we haveillustrated.

In said drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of a line holder embodyingthe invention, showing also a portion of a line and. garment hungthereon. Fig. 2 is a front view of the sameathe line being shown insection. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a base or body piece having asuitable suspension means, such as a metal strap 2, secured to the baseby screws 3 and adapted to be applied to a fixed hook or pin 4. Thishook is or may be driven into a wall or post 5-, and has a shank 6 whichsupports the strap 2 and a portion 7 which confines it and holds thesuspension means from tilting under the pull of the line. Other forms ofsupport for the holder may, however, be employed.

8 is the main or central pulley around which the line 9 is passed andruns freely in either direction when the line is pulled. This pulley ismounted to revolve on the base 1 by means of a pivot pin 10 fixedsecurely in the base.

11 indicates two retaining or guard pulleys mounted to revolve on thebase 1 by means of fixed pivot pins 12. Each of the three pulleys has aretaining flange at its lower end, said flanges being indicated. at 13,14

and 15, and the guard pulleys are arranged at the sides of the mainulley at such distances that the flanges o the guard pulleys nearlytouch the flange of the main pulley, leaving sufficient room for thegarments a hung on the line to pass through (Fig. 2) but preventing theline from leaving the main pulley.

We have shown the holder as held in such position that the axes of thepulleys are vertical, but it may be suspended in such manner that thepulley axes are more or less inclined to the vertical.

The holder is or may be constructed of metal or wood or both and ofconsiderable strength, to resist the strains imposed on it by a fullyloaded line, both limbs of which, as will be readily understood from thefore going description, may be completely hung with clothes and yetcaused to pass freely through the holder.

It will be understood that each bight of the double line is providedwith a holder of the character described, I

The garments may be secured on the line by ordinary pins 1) (Fig. 1),instead of by clothes pins.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is v 1. In a lineholder, the combination of the base, the suspension means, the hookhaving the supporting shank and the parallel confining portion 7, actingto hold the suspension means from tilting under the pull of the line andthe flanged main pulley and guard pulleys pivoted on the under side ofthe base,

substantially as set forth.

2 In a line holder, the combination of a base or support, three pivotsor journals extending downward from the same, a main line pulley on theintermediate journal and having a flange at its lower side, and guardpulleys on the other journals having flanges at their lower sides whichextend into close proximity to the flange of the main pulley,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

' DEWITT ALTMAN.

ABE SILVERMAN.

Witnesses:

H. N. Low, R. M. PARKER.

